Web Matrix Developer S Guide

Expert author John Mueller provides a complete view of Microsoft's free Web site creation program.

WebMatrix gives developers a "one-stop-shop" for obtaining and installing a complete Microsoft Web stack. This guide explains how to use WebMatrix and utilize the built-in tools for search engine optimization.

In today's rapidly changing technological world, it is increasingly important that web and desktop applications be accessible to everyone, including those of us with special needs. However, the legal requirements for accessibility are often convoluted and diffucult to understand, making it impossible for most developers to comply with the laws. In the first book on the market to address the topic, Author John Paul Mueller leads you through the maze of Section 508—the congressional law ensuring that all Americans have access to information technology—and offers comprehensive guidance on how to quickly and easily update your applications to conform to Section 508 requirements. To begin, Mueller outlines the Section 508 requirements that are relevant to web and desktop application developers, and explains the laws in language you can understand. Using extensive and varied program examples, Mueller continues on to teach you to write web and desktop applications that not only conform to Section 508 standards, but look forward to ensure long-term universal accessibility for all types of computer users. Specific topics include writing accessible web applications and desktop applications using Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET, developing special application capabilities, using Microsoft and other third-party tools to develop accessible features, developing accessible scripting solutions, and more. The book even includes a directory of helpful organizations, agencies, and resources to help you with any further accessibility concerns you may have.

Learn to build dynamic web sites with Microsoft WebMatrix Microsoft WebMatrix is designed to make developing dynamic ASP.NET web sites much easier. This complete Wrox guide shows you what it is, how it works, and how to get the best from it right away. It covers all the basic foundations and also introduces HTML, CSS, and Ajax using jQuery, giving beginning programmers a firm foundation for building dynamic web sites. Examines how WebMatrix is expected to become the new recommended entry-level tool for developing web sites using ASP.NET Arms beginning programmers, students, and educators with all the information they need to start developing dynamic web sites, including design tips and layout advice Explains the Packages Administration tool, including how to use the Facebook Social and Web Helper packages Covers working with files, images, and databases; debugging and error handling; maintaining security; and site optimization In the tried-and-true tradition of Wrox Beginning guides, Beginning ASP.NET Web Pages with WebMatrix gives novice programmers the knowledge and confidence they need to get going.

The Web is always moving, always changing. As some Web sites come, others go, but the most effective sites have been well established. A Subject Guide to Quality Web Sites provides a list of key web sites in various disciplines that will assist researchers with a solid starting point for their queries. The sites included in this collection are stable and have librarian tested high-quality information: the most important attribute information can have.

More than a collection of ASP.NET 2.0 language tips, this book helps you get to grips with ASP.NET 2.0. Moving to .NET 2.0 means that developers must understand the new coding techniques and standards (such as Master Pages and Generics) introduced with ASP.NET 2.0. They must also be aware of rising ancillary technologies such as Ajax and "Atlas" which may soon become intrinsically linked to ASP.NET development. The rise of alternative browsers, like Firefox, means that developers who want their web applications to be viewed as intended by their customers must master XHTML/CSS compliance.

This "smackdown" provides fast-paced, in-depth information for experienced VBA and VB coders on how to program Office XP applications

* Edit standard XML files with all the tools of Word and Excel (like formulas and the spell checker) * Take existing Word or Excel documents, transform all or part of them into XML, and "plug" them into business processes. * Mine the data in an Office document, using custom macros or applications—on any platform. * Create rich Word or Excel documents programmatically, without even needing to have Office installed. * Create smart documents that have built-in user guidance and validation rules to prevent errors.